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Posts tagged with 'pennstate' at MetaFilter.Mon, 08 Sep 2014 12:31:09 -0800Mon, 08 Sep 2014 12:31:09 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60In other football newshttp://www.metafilter.com/142577/In%2Dother%2Dfootball%2Dnews
Two years after former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky was sentenced to prison for child sexual abuse (<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/118175/Call-no-man-happy-till-he-is-dead">previously</a>), <a href="http://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/indiana/2014/09/08/ncaa-restores-penn-states-football-scholarships-postseason-eligibility/15293041/">the NCAA has lifted all remaining sanctions against Penn State</a> and reinstated postseason eligilibity effective immediately, and a full roster of football scholarships starting in the 2015-2016 year. The NCAA decision came as a result of former <a href="http://www.dlapiper.com/~/media/Files/Insights/Publications/2014/09/NCAAMonitorsSecondAnnualReport.pdf">Senator George Mitchell's oversight report (PDF)</a> proclaiming "significant progress toward ensuring its athletics department functions with integrity" after the Sandusky case. The report was Mitchell's second annual review of Penn State's compliance with the Athletics Integrity Agreement established in 2012, a period originally scheduled to last for 4 years. Also according to the NCAA statement, Mitchell's oversight may also conclude "substantially earlier" than 2017, the date set forth in the original agreement between the NCAA and Penn State.
"Penn State has made remarkable progress over the past year," said Harris Pastides, University of South Carolina president and a NCAA board member. "The board members and I believe the Executive Committee's decision is the right one. It allows both the university and the association to continue to move toward a common goal of ensuring that educating, nurturing and protecting young people is a top priority." tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.142577Mon, 08 Sep 2014 12:31:09 -08002bucksplusThe old man looked deep into him. "Mr. Feinberg, I have some advice,"http://www.metafilter.com/135185/The%2Dold%2Dman%2Dlooked%2Ddeep%2Dinto%2Dhim%2DMr%2DFeinberg%2DI%2Dhave%2Dsome%2Dadvice
<blockquote>But really, Feinberg picked up the phone that day for the same reason Americans yield to their instinct to give money to those felled by spectacularly unkind fates: He felt helpless but wanted to help, and his version of helping was to volunteer for one of the worst jobs in the world. Hagel placed a call to Attorney General John Ashcroft, and after a series of backroom discussions, Ashcroft appointed Feinberg the special master of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, working pro bono, as he almost always does on behalf of the dead.
That work and the work that has followed it, his growing collection of aftermaths, have changed him. He has become smarter, humbler, more acute, more uniquely fitted to his task. Virginia Tech, the Deepwater Horizon, Newtown, Boston—he managed each of those horrors, and each was managed better because of what he has learned. But all of them were shaped, because he was shaped, by September 11.</blockquote>
<a href="http://www.esquire.com/print-this/kenneth-feinberg-interview-0114?page=all">Kenneth Feinberg: The Nation's Leading Expert in Picking up the Pieces</a> <a href="http://www.washingtonian.com/articles/people/what-ive-learned-kenneth-feinberg/#">What I've Learned: Kenneth Feinberg</a> - "A DC lawyer was asked to put a price on each of the thousands of lives lost in two of America’s greatest tragedies. Here’s how he did it—and the lessons he came away with."
<a href="http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/14/18107596-meet-kenneth-feinberg-the-man-who-puts-a-price-on-pain?lite">Meet Kenneth Feinberg, The Man Who Puts A Price On Pain</a>
NYU Law: <a href="http://blogs.law.nyu.edu/magazine/2010/a-chat-with-kenneth-feinberg-%E2%80%9970/">A Chat With Kenneth Feinberg</a>
<a href="http://www.nationaljournal.com/magazine/how-much-is-a-life-worth-20130801">How Much Is A Life Worth?</a>
<a href="http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/special_master">Special Master</a> at the Cornell Legal Information Institute</a>
Kenneth Feinberg ran the <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/10/AR2008091002721.html">9/11 Fund</a> (<a href="http://www.justice.gov/final_report.pdf">Final Report of the Special Master</a> [PDF]), <a href="http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2010/07/bp_claims_administrator_ken_fe.html">BP Oil Spill</a>, <a href="http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/07/2007-385.html">The VT shooting fund</a>, was appointed to <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Business/obama-pay-czar-kenneth-feinberg-releases-rulings-executive-pay/story?id=9311772">review executive pay on Wall Street</a>, was hired by Penn State to manage the <a href="http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8403131/penn-state-nittany-lions-hire-fund-lawyer-ken-feinberg-settle-personal-injury-claims">claims after the Sandusky molestation trial</a>, ran the <a href="http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/07/11/19417689-newtown-residents-vent-frustration-at-meeting-on-sandy-hook-fund-distribution?lite">Sandy Hook Elementary victim's fund</a>, and <a href="http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2013/05/25/ken-feinberg-one-fund-administrator/nFv6GmEsBbR791M8waZQ1I/story.html">One Fund Boston</a>.
Feinberg has spoken at the <a href="http://www.cooley.edu/news/2012/nationally_known_attorney_ken_feinberg_architect_of_the_historical_settlements_for_victims_of_9_11_and_bp_oil_spill_speaks_at_cooley.html">Cooley Law School</a> and the <a href="http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/epub/mayhew-hite/2013/01/feinberg-lawrence-lecture-era-edits/">Moritz College of Law</a> tag:metafilter.com,2013:site.135185Sun, 29 Dec 2013 08:37:30 -0800the man of twists and turnsCommonwealth of Pennsylvania v. National Collegiate Athletic Associationhttp://www.metafilter.com/123412/Commonwealth%2Dof%2DPennsylvania%2Dv%2DNational%2DCollegiate%2DAthletic%2DAssociation
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett filed a <a href="http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2013/01/ncaa_lawsuit.html">federal anti-trust lawsuit</a> against the National Collegiate Athletic Association today. Announcing the suit at a press conference this morning, Corbett claimed that the NCAA <a href="http://www.blackshoediaries.com/2013/1/2/3827676/pennsylvania-anti-trust-lawsuit-ncaa-corbett-emmert-sanctions">"seized upon the opportunity for publicity on the backs of the citizens of the Commonwealth"</a>. The suit seeks vacation of all of the sanctions levied against Penn State University by the NCAA (<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/118175/Call-no-man-happy-till-he-is-dead">previously</a>) after the release of the Freeh Report (<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/117815/Report-finds-Penn-State-president-Paterno-concealed-facts-about-Sandusky-sex-abuse">previously</a>) on the University's improper handling of allegations of sexual abuse against Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky (<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/109172/Sandusky-Charged">previously</a>). Responding to the lawsuit, the NCAA called the lawsuit <a href="http://onwardstate.com/2013/01/02/ncaa-issues-statement-in-response-to-corbett-lawsuit/">"an affront to all of the victims in this tragedy"</a>. Corbett, who has <a href="http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/7770996/in-wake-joe-paterno-death-sandusky-sex-abuse-scandal-power-struggle-spread-penn-state-state-capital">faced criticism</a> for his slow-moving but ultimately successful investigation of the abuse and his <a href="http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2011/12/gov_tom_corbetts_team_defends.html">close ties to Sandusky's Second Mile charity</a>, is pursuing the case on behalf of the citizens of the Commonwealth rather than the University, which <a href="http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2013/01/penn_state_distances_itself_fr.html">has stated</a> that it is "committed to full compliance" with the sanctions, and is not a party to the lawsuit. tag:metafilter.com,2013:site.123412Wed, 02 Jan 2013 18:55:40 -0800tonycpsuCall no man happy till he is deadhttp://www.metafilter.com/118175/Call%2Dno%2Dman%2Dhappy%2Dtill%2Dhe%2Dis%2Ddead
<a href="http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8191027/penn-state-hit-60-million-fine-4-year-bowl-ban-wins-dating-1998">Penn State Fined $60 Million, Paterno Wins Vacated Since 1998:</a> For its attempts to cover up a serial child molester in its coaching ranks, the NCAA has hit Penn State with a $60 million sanction, a four-year football postseason ban, four-year loss of 10 scholarships, and the removal of all wins dating to 1998, taking away the late coach Joe Paterno's status as the winningest coach in college football's highest level.
<small>hat tip to <a href="http://www.sportsfilter.com/news/18269/penn-state-fined-60-million-paterno-wins">Sportsfilter</a></small> tag:metafilter.com,2012:site.118175Mon, 23 Jul 2012 06:46:11 -0800leotrotskyReport finds Penn State president, Paterno concealed facts about Sandusky sex abusehttp://www.metafilter.com/117815/Report%2Dfinds%2DPenn%2DState%2Dpresident%2DPaterno%2Dconcealed%2Dfacts%2Dabout%2DSandusky%2Dsex%2Dabuse
<a href="http://openchannel.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/07/12/12699159-report-finds-penn-state-president-paterno-concealed-facts-about-sandusky-sex-abuse?lite">Report finds Penn State president, Paterno concealed facts about Sandusky sex abuse</a>: "Penn State football coach Joe Paterno and other university leaders 'repeatedly concealed critical facts' relating to assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky’s child sex abuse from authorities, according to Louis Freeh, the former FBI director who <a href="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/MSNBC/Sections/NEWS/REPORTFINAL071212.pdf">conducted an investigation</a> [PDF] for the university in the Sandusky scandal." <blockquote>Freeh also found that "although concern to treat the child abuser humanely was expressly stated, no such sentiments were ever expressed" by university officials, including Paterno and the university president, for Sandusky’s victims. The report says that five boys were assaulted by Sandusky on university property after officials knew about a 1998 criminal investigation.</blockquote> tag:metafilter.com,2012:site.117815Thu, 12 Jul 2012 08:01:52 -0800ericbMay no act of ours bring shame...http://www.metafilter.com/111902/May%2Dno%2Dact%2Dof%2Dours%2Dbring%2Dshame
<a href="http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Paterno__Joseph_Vincent.html">Paterno</a>, Joseph Vincent (<a href="http://www.gopsusports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/paterno_joe00.html">Joe Pa</a>)<br>
Born: December 21, 1926, in Brooklyn, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/23/sports/ncaafootball/joe-paterno-longtime-penn-state-coach-dies-at-85.html?_r=1&hp">New York</a>.<br>
<a href="http://live.psu.edu/story/57324">Died</a>: January, 22, 2012 in State College, <a href="http://live.psu.edu/flickrset/72157625207329426">Pennsylvania</a>.<br>
Vocation: <a href="http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/colleges/penn_state/133599028.html">Football Coach</a><br>
Employer: <del><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/19/sports/ncaafootball/penn-state-trustees-recall-decision-to-fire-paterno.html?pagewanted=all">Penn State</a></del>, <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/early-lead/post/joe-paterno-interview-ex-penn-state-coach-draws-sympathy-for-cancer-fight-not-comments/2012/01/15/gIQAR6Ny0P_blog.html">Retired</a>.<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/109309/Joe-Paterno-Graham-Spanier-fired">*</a> tag:metafilter.com,2012:site.111902Sun, 22 Jan 2012 08:38:44 -0800ToekneesanJoe Paterno, Graham Spanier firedhttp://www.metafilter.com/109309/Joe%2DPaterno%2DGraham%2DSpanier%2Dfired
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Paterno">Joe Paterno</a>, Head Coach of the Penn State football team, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Spanier">Graham Spanier</a>, Penn State President, have been <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/10/sports/ncaafootball/-joe-paterno-and-graham-spanier-out-at-penn-state.html?_r=1&hp">fired by the Penn State Board of Trustees</a> amid allegations that they did little to address the (alleged) sexual molestation of children at the hands of <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/06/sports/ncaafootball/former-coach-at-penn-state-is-charged-with-abuse.html?scp=1&sq=sandusky&st=cse">Jerry Sandusky</a>, the ex-defensive coach of the team. And as day follows night, <a href="http://www.centredaily.com/2011/11/09/2980669/thousands-of-students-pour-into.html#storylink=omni_popular#wgt=pop">Penn State students</a> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/11/sports/ncaafootball/penn-state-students-in-clashes-after-joe-paterno-is-ousted.html?hp">rioted</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bythemoose/6330830207/">overturning</a> a <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bythemoose/6331584136/in/set-72157627970817045">news van</a>, shattering car windows, and tearing down street signs. <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/109172/Sandusky-Charged">Previously</a> tag:metafilter.com,2011:site.109309Thu, 10 Nov 2011 05:15:17 -0800suttHydrogen production breakthrough?http://www.metafilter.com/107653/Hydrogen%2Dproduction%2Dbreakthrough
"<a href="http://live.psu.edu/story/55172#nw1">This system</a> could produce hydrogen anyplace that there is wastewater near sea water," said Bruce E. Logan, Kappe Professor of Environmental Engineering. "It uses no grid electricity and is completely carbon neutral. It is an inexhaustible source of energy." "Logan's cells were between 58 and 64 percent efficient and produced between 0.8 to 1.6 cubic meters of hydrogen for every cubic meter of liquid through the cell each day. The researchers estimated that only about 1 percent of the energy produced in the cell was needed to pump water through the system." tag:metafilter.com,2011:site.107653Wed, 21 Sep 2011 09:11:52 -0800ChrysostomGet Smrthttp://www.metafilter.com/99449/Get%2DSmrt
<a href="http://www.openculture.com/freeonlinecourses">openculture.com</a> is offering hundreds of links to free online courses from the top universities in the United States (and Oxford). tag:metafilter.com,2011:site.99449Wed, 12 Jan 2011 16:42:15 -0800gman"People are so mean on the internet." - Complaints Choir of Chicagohttp://www.metafilter.com/97766/People%2Dare%2Dso%2Dmean%2Don%2Dthe%2Dinternet%2DComplaints%2DChoir%2Dof%2DChicago
<a href="http://www.complaintschoir.org/">The Complaints Choir</a> phenomenon, started by the Finnish artists Tellervo Kalleinen and Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen, has <a href="http://www.complaintschoir.org/choirs.html">spread all over the world</a> since <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/56498/Its-not-fair-life-was-good-before">last we paid it any attention</a>, from <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2w84qzHdEms">Birmingham</a> to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATXV3DzKv68">Helsinki</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=569qbNdm75c">Hamburg</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdlpxOw86xA">St. Petersburg</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqNG6VTKRh0">Poikkilaakso</a>, <a href="http://www.complaintschoir.org/bodo/complaintschoir_video_bodo.html">Bod&#0248;</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuHN0qcMMkk">Penn State</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yChwJyOL9vc">Canada</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngKmy3JxCtE">Juneau</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeO-K_qI2w8">Gabriola Island</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5xVW3AS-2c">Sointula</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi_RhxhEF1g">Jerusalem</a>, <a href="http://www.complaintschoir.org/melbourne/complaintschoir_video_melbourne.html">Melbourne</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGgkHyti0ME">Budapest</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTV3GSUHYJA">Malm&#0246;</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvWVxHEaWDU">Chicago</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grVWxMcg38A">Florence</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PU0sDnLBQuw">Copenhagen</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7M7bDp4uuos">Vancouver</a> (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifUbdeC5yac">2</a>), <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1yjW7RETU0">Philadelphia</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKyMuiVO6yw">Sundbyberg</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN38PcOlmnQ">Milano</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5POmK7aZ2FE">&#0197;land</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQVZMMqg7_0">Hong Kong</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmXfb4q78iI">Tokyo</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBE_VlXJNLk">Rotterdam</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XMsuN0IyGc">Basel</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzizLiiKM1o">Ume&#0229;</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFt6bbk7IF4">Ljubljana</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoxXYWcCXpA">Gdansk</a>,
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFtmb2UyM3E">Arizona State University</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6b039DQd7Q">Washington, DC</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InwmIKA-phY">Horace Mann School</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5246szyoX-4">Durham-Chapel Hill</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoGUDjeSWb0">Auckland</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrics4KtYyI">Toronto theatre students</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aA165i8CGEw">Kortrijk</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXkIq2QXF30">Cairo</a> (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iJLJPcI5yQ">2</a>), <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKMKqRrCchg">St. P&#0246;lten</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oky-sZ5FXss">Maribor</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmYO1uaA_wg">Port Coquitlam</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqWdG5VaxQk">&#0218;st&#0237; nad Labem</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbfu75KLYVc">Columbus</a> &amp; <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_xiLeaTyLM">Kauhajoki</a> (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C-cpZJWd4Q">2</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ge4vDjW-luQ">3</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHlGZWac2pI">4</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=980j9GqmYXA">5</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nesF1dKYXm4">6</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhB_6SB61i8">7</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaf45dyvrdA">8</a>). For more information, including a <a href="http://www.complaintschoir.org/doityourself.html">9 step guide to forming your own complaints choir</a>, go to the <a href="http://www.complaintschoir.org/">Complaints Choir website</a>. Finally, here's the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3S0mEJ-aajM">Singapore Complaints Choir</a>, whose performance was banned by the Singapore government. tag:metafilter.com,2010:site.97766Fri, 19 Nov 2010 14:47:37 -0800KattullusAleksander Wolszczanhttp://www.metafilter.com/75167/Aleksander%2DWolszczan
In 1992, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksander_Wolszczan">Aleksander Wolszczan</a> discovered the first planets outside our solar system. Now, the Penn State <a href="http://www.astro.psu.edu/deptinfo/graduate/Brochure/Faculty/Alex%20Wolszczan.htm">professor</a> been accused of <a href="http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2008/09/25/astronomy_professor_accused_of.aspx">spying</a> for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Służba_Bezpieczeństwa">SB</a>, the Polish Secret Police. He calls it a "smear campaign." tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.75167Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:30:57 -0800up in the old hotelHello, My name is Nate. I am the Loop Monkey.http://www.metafilter.com/6529/Hello%2DMy%2Dname%2Dis%2DNate%2DI%2Dam%2Dthe%2DLoop%2DMonkey
<a href="http://www.loopmonkey.usuck.com/">Hello, My name is Nate. I am the Loop Monkey.</a> I ride the Penn State Loop with my stuffed monkey named Qwan. We ride the Loop on the weekends and play with drunk people! tag:metafilter.com,2001:site.6529Fri, 23 Mar 2001 12:01:55 -0800HankinsA fine football story for the year...http://www.metafilter.com/5095/A%2Dfine%2Dfootball%2Dstory%2Dfor%2Dthe%2Dyear
<a href="http://espn.go.com/ncf/news/2001/0105/996374.html">A fine football story for the year...</a> Oklahoma won the National Championship, and Penn State did not do so well, however the local hero walks out of the hospital to get on with the rest of his life. Granted the injury was a bruise and Dr. Wayne Sebastianelli saved his life, but my question is how long before we'll see the successful repair of spinal cord injuries? Will <a href="http://www.apacure.com/">Christopher Reeve</a> walk again? tag:metafilter.com,2001:site.5095Fri, 05 Jan 2001 16:39:40 -0800brentCAUTION: VERY NAUGHTY WORD AHEADhttp://www.metafilter.com/4372/CAUTION%2DVERY%2DNAUGHTY%2DWORD%2DAHEAD
<a href="http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2000/11/11-17-00tdc/11-17-00dnews-4.asp">CAUTION: VERY NAUGHTY WORD AHEAD</a> (Via Obscure Store) You can't say I didn't warn you. This is perhaps the funniest "news" story I've read all year. I have to believe the (female) reporter was cackling madly as she wrote it. tag:metafilter.com,2000:site.4372Mon, 20 Nov 2000 08:56:06 -0800Skot